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<a name="1" href="#1">1</a>   <strong>package</strong> org.springframework.util;
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<a name="3" href="#3">3</a>   <em class="comment">/*</em>
<a name="4" href="#4">4</a>   <em class="comment"> * Copyright 2007 the original author or authors.</em>
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<a name="6" href="#6">6</a>   <em class="comment"> * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");</em>
<a name="7" href="#7">7</a>   <em class="comment"> * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.</em>
<a name="8" href="#8">8</a>   <em class="comment"> * You may obtain a copy of the License at</em>
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<a name="10" href="#10">10</a>  <em class="comment"> * <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0" target="alexandria_uri">http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</a></em>
<a name="11" href="#11">11</a>  <em class="comment"> *</em>
<a name="12" href="#12">12</a>  <em class="comment"> * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software</em>
<a name="13" href="#13">13</a>  <em class="comment"> * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,</em>
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<a name="15" href="#15">15</a>  <em class="comment"> * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and</em>
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<a name="18" href="#18">18</a>  <em class="comment"> * For more infomration visit</em>
<a name="19" href="#19">19</a>  <em class="comment"> * <a href="http://architecturerules.googlecode.com/svn/docs/index.html" target="alexandria_uri">http://architecturerules.googlecode.com/svn/docs/index.html</a></em>
<a name="20" href="#20">20</a>  <em class="comment"> */</em>
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<a name="23" href="#23">23</a>  <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="24" href="#24">24</a>  <em> * &lt;p>Miscellaneous class utility methods. Mainly for internal use within the</em>
<a name="25" href="#25">25</a>  <em> * spring framework; consider Jakarta's Commons Lang for a more comprehensive</em>
<a name="26" href="#26">26</a>  <em> * suite of class utilities.&lt;/p></em>
<a name="27" href="#27">27</a>  <em> *</em>
<a name="28" href="#28">28</a>  <em> * &lt;p>This was extracted from Spring in order to remove the dependency on apache</em>
<a name="29" href="#29">29</a>  <em> * commons-io. &lt;a href="<a href="http://code.google.com/p/architecturerules/issues/detail?id=2&amp;can=1" target="alexandria_uri">http://code.google.com/p/architecturerules/issues/detail?id=2&amp;can=1</a>"></em>
<a name="30" href="#30">30</a>  <em> * issue 2 (remove unneccessary dependencies)&lt;/a>/p></em>
<a name="31" href="#31">31</a>  <em> *</em>
<a name="32" href="#32">32</a>  <em> * @author Keith Donald</em>
<a name="33" href="#33">33</a>  <em> * @author Rob Harrop</em>
<a name="34" href="#34">34</a>  <em> * @author Juergen Hoeller</em>
<a name="35" href="#35">35</a>  <em> */</em>
<a name="36" href="#36">36</a>  <strong>public</strong> <strong>class</strong> <a href="../../../org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.html">ClassUtils</a> {
<a name="37" href="#37">37</a>  
<a name="38" href="#38">38</a>  
<a name="39" href="#39">39</a>      <em>/**<em>*</em></em>
<a name="40" href="#40">40</a>  <em>     * &lt;p>Return a default &lt;code>ClassLoader&lt;/code> to use (never</em>
<a name="41" href="#41">41</a>  <em>     * &lt;code>null&lt;/code>). Returns the thread context ClassLoader, if available.</em>
<a name="42" href="#42">42</a>  <em>     * The ClassLoader that loaded the ClassUtils class will be used as</em>
<a name="43" href="#43">43</a>  <em>     * fallback. &lt;p>Call this method if you intend to use the thread context</em>
<a name="44" href="#44">44</a>  <em>     * ClassLoader in a scenario where you absolutely need a non-null</em>
<a name="45" href="#45">45</a>  <em>     * ClassLoader reference: for example, for class path resource loading (but</em>
<a name="46" href="#46">46</a>  <em>     * not necessarily for &lt;code>Class.forName&lt;/code>, which accepts a</em>
<a name="47" href="#47">47</a>  <em>     * &lt;code>null&lt;/code> ClassLoader reference as well).&lt;/p></em>
<a name="48" href="#48">48</a>  <em>     *</em>
<a name="49" href="#49">49</a>  <em>     * @return ClassLoader</em>
<a name="50" href="#50">50</a>  <em>     * @see java.lang.Thread#getContextClassLoader()</em>
<a name="51" href="#51">51</a>  <em>     */</em>
<a name="52" href="#52">52</a>      <strong>public</strong> <strong>static</strong> ClassLoader getDefaultClassLoader() {
<a name="53" href="#53">53</a>  
<a name="54" href="#54">54</a>          ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread()
<a name="55" href="#55">55</a>                  .getContextClassLoader();
<a name="56" href="#56">56</a>  
<a name="57" href="#57">57</a>          <em class="comment">// No thread context class loader -> use class loader of this class.</em>
<a name="58" href="#58">58</a>          <strong>if</strong> (classLoader == <strong>null</strong>)
<a name="59" href="#59">59</a>              <strong>class</strong>Loader = ClassUtils.<strong>class</strong>.getClassLoader();
<a name="60" href="#60">60</a>  
<a name="61" href="#61">61</a>          <strong>return</strong> classLoader;
<a name="62" href="#62">62</a>      }
<a name="63" href="#63">63</a>  }
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